Nowadays, many people like to have pets to relieve their lonely time, and many people also think of pet cats and dogs as their families, often eating and sleeping with them. But a man in the United States was licked by a pet dog, which resulted in amputation. It was terrible!
Recently, Greg & Middlefield, a Wisconsin man, had his limbs amputated after being licked by a dog and suffering from a serious bacterial infection. Doctors say Greg is likely to be infected after being licked by a pet dog.
According to the daily mail and Fox News, Greg, 48, a dog lover, is from West Bend, southeast Wisconsin. Starting in June, Greg developed symptoms of flu like fever, vomiting and diarrhea. When his limbs were bruised, Greg went to the emergency room for help.
Doctors told Greg that his blood was infected with a bacterial pathogen called co2fibrinophilus caninus, which has spread to the extremities. He had to undergo amputation due to extensive tissue and muscle damage.
During the week at the hospital, the doctor amputated his feet first, and then his legs below the knee. Three weeks later, Greg was amputated from his hands to the middle of his upper arm. Doctors also told Greg that his nose also needed extensive plastic surgery.
Dr. price, an infectious disease expert at the Medical College of Wisconsin, said that Greg's CO2 bacteria came from the dog's saliva, which caused serious reactions. This kind of reaction makes Greg's blood pressure drop suddenly, the blood circulation of the limbs slows down rapidly, sometimes the blood circulation slows down too much, and the limbs will die directly.
'he loves to ride his Harley,' Greg's wife, dawn & middot mantefer, said in an interview with Fox TV that Greg is very healthy, so the first two thought he had the symptoms just because of the flu.
'he had bruises all over his body and looked like someone had hit him with a baseball bat,' said dawn, whose life has changed forever since they learned of the condition.
When Greg was found to have a pet dog, the doctor told dawn that her husband was probably infected after being licked by the dog, and probably licked by his own pet dog. In this very common way, bacteria infect his body system.
To this, dawn said, the two were very difficult to understand for a while. 'he's 48 years old, and he's had dogs all his life around & hellip; & hellip; and that's what happened. Greg always said to the doctor & lsquo; cut whatever you need, but make sure I live & rsquo;, and the doctor did the same. But I'm really shocked. They really cut so much. '
According to a 2014 study in Japan, 69% of dogs and 54% of cats have the bacterial pathogen of co2fibrinophilic bacteria bitten by dogs, which can be infected by humans through biting, licking or even close contact - bacteria can penetrate into the human body through the skin without wound. In 2003, a French study showed that most people infected with the pathogen will not show any symptoms, only those with impaired immune system will have serious diseases.
The doctor thought that Greg's case was an accident. "More than 99% of dog owners don't have this problem, it's a low probability event," the doctor said.
A friend of Greg's launched an online fund-raising campaign for his medical expenses, which has now raised $18100 out of the target $25000. Greg will need a prosthetic to be able to move on his own, according to the fund-raising website.